Scyllaea pelagica
Linnaeus, 1758
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: This identification is probably correct, but the tail is not visible in this image so I cannot decide if there is a tail crest (which would confirm it as Scyllaea pelagica) or not (which would make it Crosslandia viridis). Note the commensal shrimp Periclimenes imperator, that looks so conspicuous and out of place on this nudibranch. Its ‘normal’ host is the Spanish Dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus).
| Location: | Bali, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Graham Abbott |
| Taken on: | June 18, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 419 times |
| Posted: | 1 year ago |
| Updated: | 9 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotina |
| Family: | Scyllaeidae |
| Species: | Scyllaea pelagica |